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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Winged Sumac at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The Linnaean epithet "Copallinum" (traditionally capitalized) is grammatically a noun in apposition rather than an adjective, and therefore does not change grammatical gender [thus "copallinum" not "copallina"]. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhus copallinum +
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhus copallinum +
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-007:
Rhus copallina
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Dwarf Sumac
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2361_r_copallin
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4540
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0306i_25
June Transylvania County NC
Dupont State Forest
Rachis with green marginal wings between leaflets. Leaflet margins entire, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
COMPARE
leaves of Sumac and Tree-of-heaven
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JK Marlow jkm0307i_24
July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0307n_18
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Inflorescence terminates stem or branches and extends well above the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0308l_04
August Greenville County SC
Fruits are red, densely hairy, roundish but somewhat flattened, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6968
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6969
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Keith Bradley kab_rhus_copallinum_73479
August Miami-Dade County FL
Dense showy panicle, to 12" tall, of very small yellowish flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Keith Bradley kab_rhus_copallinum_73498
August Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_rhus_copallinum_73528
August Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm0410j_17
October Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow s041023_a
October Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaflets number 7-21. A shrub that produces masses of reddish fall color, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.